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Safer Roadways: A Complete Streets Guide
On-street parking: could be replaced by loading zones spaced similarly to today’s transit stops. Signage, road markings: Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communications may render much of today’s street signage and markings oriented toward vehicles useless, helping to declutter the furnishing zone and reducing street maintenance. Furnishing zone elements could be designed toward comfort and away from serving as a barrier to errant drivers. Clear zone: the clear zone setback at the edge of the roadway could potentially be eliminated, restoring even more sidewalk space from vehicles to pedestrians. So, streets should be designed to ensure that streetscape improvements, like redesigned curbs, do not impede future opportunities. For example, flexible sidewalks can be designed at the same grade as the rest of the street, with bollards and planter boxes providing the same sense of safety as concrete curbs. As travel lanes for cars decrease in size, the extra space created can be used for wider sidewalks, more trees, and more bicycle and pedestrian amenities. 18
18 Streets Reconsidered, Design for Tomorrow, Daniel Iacofano & Mukul Mahotra
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